The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-05-07

anything COOkaOle. All Vi Wulcu IL Sunion-
teed. Miss Lizzie Long, agent for Lexing-
ton. mii |
We would be pleased 10 know Of q mar or
woman who has never had headache or been
subject to constipation. As these seem to be
universal troubles a little advice may be In
order. WHY should persons cram their
stomachs with nauseating purgatlve pills etc.
which sicken and debilitats when such q
pleasant and sterling remedy as Prickly Ash
Bitters will act mildly and effectively on the
liver, kidney, stomach and bowels. and at the
same time tone up and strengthen the whole
system, causing headache, constipation
and such distressing evils to quickly dissp-
pear. msy7l2m
Judge Field Is holding court at Sedalia.
The town clock was q year old last Sunday.
Mr.. J. H. Halls new house Is well under
way.
The excursion rates on Sunday have been
restored.
The Ice man has succeeded the coal man IN
importance-in a slight degree.
The thermometer touched the 81 degree
mark last Sunday, between II and 1 O'Clock.
uc DOyS II Why "CuuCeooy haBhs'
May 10. Lecture by Rev. J. W. Jones. Go
and hear him.
Messrs. Moore 4 Co., Of Kansas City, are
very hands ,mely decorating the pslatial
residence of Mr.. 2. W. Hickman, near town.
Mr.. John Gehner has recently erected .
handsome monument, at Nachpelah cemete-
ry, to the memoir of the late Rev. Benjamin
NJ. Hobson and his wife,, Martha Hobson. 1t
Is of Italian marble, stands ten feet above the
base, is a draped spire, and a very fine piece
of work.
&. e. Journal:-"James Small. insane up
on the question Of religion, was brought into
the city Yesterday evening by an officer who
| is taking him to his brother, who lives In
| Mavview, johnson county. During the night
| he was kept in the insane cell at the Central
| police station"
We don't like to appear to be over-persis-
tent. but really the council ought to give Us q
hook and ladder truck. A hall dozen times
precious lives of volunteer fremen, not paid
q cent for their services, have been jeopardiz-
ed upon rotten old ladders picked up here
and there. 1t is not fair. and were q leg, an
arm or a neck to be broken serious reproach-
es would be made. This is an important
matter, and Just so soon as 1t may 1t should
be attended to. Give the boys a chance.
It is somewhat of q reproach to Lexington
that it has the name of not being SO good lee
ture town." that is, that lectures are not ap.
preciated or attended a. they should be
whilst other and less meritorious entertain
ments are. Let us see ii this cannot be rem.
edied. We are to have q gentleman with US
May Is, to lecture upon the boys In gray
Every southern person can sympathizs, nat.
urally, with the subject, and why should no
every northern one too? We are all brethren
of one common, glorious country now,
Whatever We may have been. and were tht
subject the boys In blue we should attend
with pleasure. We would expectto hear tn,
union soldier lauded for his valor on tn
field, his gentleness to the weak and defense
less, and his magnanimity in victory. Blu
we should not expect, nor would we hear
one word of dispa ragement Of the valor. tn
~cnlvalry and the mercy of his foe. No; t,
all but minds of q small cast these opinion.
have passed away, and it Is recognized tina
rs from the flint 1t takes the steel to brini
} the spark, SO for a display Of courage upol
the one side there must have been q brat'
opponent on the other. DR.. Jones coul,
never have been worthy to be the chaplain o
that pure patriot and magnificent general
Robert l.. Lee, il at this late day he coul,
, purpose in a discourse to tear open q singh
wound of the past. He will not do that. W
remember AN Incident that indicates rather
| what he will do. Som four or five years ag'
we were at New Orleans, and having q littl,
leisure went out to look at its beautiful ceme
! terles. Crossing q road we entered q gate
and turning, suddenly ound ourselves In th,
presence of u monument erected to the mem
I DRY of the confederate soldier. 1t was
PLAIN shaft, with busts of Lee, Jackson anl
= two other generals at the base, but at the tol
stood the figure OF q private infantry soldier
clad, al med and equipped so naturally that
, one foot advanced before the. other, with hi
blanket strapped in d roll at his back, h.
seemed to our surprised and startled visiol
as an apparitiOn from the past. AS we look
ed upon the life-like image there came 10 on
, mind the thought Of the patience, the cheer
q ~fulness, the endurance and the bravery Of tn
, sOutheln private soldier, fighting for neithe
name or emoluments. but for a sentimen
and from a sense Of duty, and rs a THOUSAND
. phases of his valor and his heroism fasht,
upon our mind, first the tears welled to GU
eyes, and then sobs which would not be re
a pressed shook our frame as it had not befor
I been shaken for many a year. Say it wa
weak if you will, say it was womanish, W
. care not, 1t was the sentiment of our limos
heart, and q tribute to the men we loved q
/ brothers. What attachments we forme
: then-what friendships Do you not remem
+. Der your mess-mates. with whom you divid
, ed duty, and on whom you cJHld Away
9 rely when in any difficulty? Then your Off
s Ger. in whom you had confidence; and tn
(; dear friend who YOU always knew loved you
but who since he risked his life tossaye you
9 own you never can forgelf And 81 thos
e comrades who day by day shared the toll
i and fatigues of the March, ana ltghtene
8 them by their wit, their mirth aud laugh
e ter: And, then, the dear girls Of the south
How they met us ut the oross-yoAds Z
s squads and bevies, encouraging asaty IT.
: beauty and their patriotism! And keW ~
d made shirts for us snd mended euft1ocks
It and how when sick or wounded they wer
), ss ministeIing angels unto us! m any q
J, you forget ALI these thlnesf II YES, then W
a pity you. 1.-the love or dollars and dime
g has so blanted semitic mt In any man be W.
d never . / . son Of the south. We thin
r thst it is largely Of these things that d.
e Jones will speak, and that while be aporh
e eosixes the southern hero, he will not fai
, here and there. to stop and place q gsrlsn
Q npon the brow of the hero who wore tn
,, blue. Why can't we in Lexington %cultivsi
70 3 taste for lectures. when in the hands
b masters they may be made to portray to l
the noblest sentiments Of the human breAs